Tag Archives: online video

New York, NY – While tablets and smartphones offer the freedom of mobility, close to 40 percent of Americans now use their tablets or smartphones while watching TV at least once a day, and twice as many do it at least once a month, according to the latest Nielsen Cross-Platform Report. Modernity, in its new […]

SINGAPORE – Despite a decline in the North America pay-TV market in 2012, the global pay-TV market continues to grow. ABI Research forecasts that the number of global pay-TV subscribers will reach 858.1 million at the end of 2012, a 5 percent year-over-year increment from 2011. The key growth will be driven by the Asia-Pacific […]

CUPERTINO, CA – TriCounty Telecom, an independent telephone company in North Carolina, selected the FusionTV solution from Entone to deliver hybrid TV services throughout eastern North Carolina. FusionTV combines traditional broadcast TV with over-the-top (OTT) content and cloud-based services. With FusionTV, TriCounty Telecom delivers a differentiated pay-TV service that increases average revenue per user and […]

DALLAS – For a while, smart TVs seemed to be smarter than their owners: Even though they were Internet-capable, they were used mainly for standard TV services. Now, owners seem to be showing more interest in what their smart TVs can do. The proportion of U.S. smart-TV owners who use their Internet-connected televisions to watch […]

DALLAS – Another entry in the cord-cutting/cord-shaving debate finds evidence of cord-shaving: Low cost and viewing flexibility are giving Netflix an advantage over pay-TV video on demand and premium broadcast TV, says a new study on consumer video viewing from research firm Parks Associates. The Parks study found Netflix Watch Instantly rates higher in customer […]

CAMBRIDGE, UK – Pennsylvania-based fiber optic network provider Salsgiver will trial Amino’s Freedom Jump OTT set-top box as part of a premium service offering to its customers. Under the gotlit.com brand, Salsgiver has rolled out a competitive fiber network northeast of Pittsburgh on which it offers high-quality broadband and phone services. It is also deploying […]

DURHAM, NH – Nearly four of 10 households in the U.S. have at least one television set connected to the Internet via a video game system, a Blu-ray player, an Apple TV or Roku set-top box, and/or the TV set itself – up from 30 percent last year and 24 percent two years ago. New […]

CUPERTINO, CA – BTC Broadband, a rural telco and FTTH provider based in Bixby, Okla., is teaming with set-top box maker Entone to explore a new broadband TV service model. BTC Broadband will use Entone’s FusionTV to offer a new TV service that combines live over-the-air television programs and full DVR capabilities with Internet-based media […]

LUBBOCK, TEXAS — Starting this summer, Suddenlink Communications will provide its online video service Suddenlink2GO to the residents of five off-campus student living communities managed by Houston-based property management firm Asset Campus Housing. Suddenlink2GO features more than 120,000 full-length TV episodes, shorter video clips and movies – all accessible anywhere in the United States, on […]